Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest desert. Only a small part of the Sahara is fertile and it is here that corn, dates and other fruits grow. These parts are fed by underground rivers and oases.

The Sahara can be an inspirational experience at night

with the air being crisp

clean and clear and the stars being so close

The Sahara desert stretches across much of North Africa covering over 9,000,000 square kilometers (roughly the size of the United States).

the Sahara covers some 30% of the entire African continent. It is the hottest place in the world with summer temperatures that often exceeds 57 degrees Celsius. It has an annual rainfall of 0 – 25 millimeters and is very windy with windstorms sweeping the sand up to heights of 1000 meters and moving the sand dunes constantly.

Sahara, (from Arabic ṣaḥrāʾ, “desert”) largest desert in the world. filling nearly all of northern Africa, it measures approximately 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from east to west and between 800 and 1,200 miles from north to south and has a total area of some 3,320,000 square miles (8,600,000 square km); the actual area varies as the desert expands and contracts over time.

Country

Morocco

Visa requirements

A return ticket and a passport with a minimum of 3 months validity beyond the duration of your stayare required by all.

A valid passport is the only accepted form of ID for entry into Morocco.

Visas are not required by the following:

British, European Union (EU), Australian, Canadian, USA and Japanese nationals for stays of up to three months;Nationals of the following countries also DO NOT need a visa for stays of up to threemonths:

Nightlife info

Looking back on my recent trip to Morocco, there’s one experience that stands out from all the rest: a night in the Sahara desert. We stayed up late shivering in the cold trying to capture the stars, milky way, and never-ending sky. We rode camels into the dunes to watch the sunset. We woke up early and made our way back into the dunes in the dark to catch the sunrise over Algeria and paint the sand a glowing orange. We sandboarded, rode quad bikes, had tea with the cutest puppy, enjoyed delicious meals, joined in traditional Berber music, and cozied up around the fire.

All I can say is that our one night in the Sahara was truly an unforgettably epic adventure and perhaps my favorite memory from 2016. There truly is something inexplicably magical about the desert. I've been trying to write this intro for a while, but couldn't seem to find the right words. I'm hoping the phrase "A pictures is worth a thousand words." pulls through for me and you'll be able to relive my experience through my photographs. But really, you'll just have to go and see it for yourself.

Culture and history info

The History of Morocco

Morocco is a great example of a peaceful country filled with multi-etnhic cultures. This country lies in North Africa is now home to thirty four million of population. Casablanca might be the largest city in Morocco but the capital city of the country lies in Rabat. The Islamic culture you see here today is not originated from their ancestors, the Berbers. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam in the 7th cnetury as they made their invasion to this country.

In the later stage of the second millennium, the Berbers was known as the earliest settlers in this region. They had a crucial role in preventing the Roman occupation. Despite the fact that the Roman occupied most of the exterior of the region, the Berbers managed to keep the High Atlas Mountains and Rif Mountains untouched. The Moroccan Berbers had done the same thing as the Vandals and Byzantine forces came to invade the region. Later in the early 1900, the French colonized this country. Their long occupation can be seen on the biggest cities in Morocco, Rabat and Casablanca, which were designed in French style.

The diversity of the culture in this country was shaped by the influences of various regimes. In the end, you can now see a truly beautiful country that attracts millions of international tourists every year.

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AN eight-year-old is on the top of the world after becoming the youngest UK child to have successfully tackled a 4,000 metre mountain climb.Sam Ford, along with his parents, Martin and Helen, have conquered Mount Toubkal in Morocco in aid of St Helena Hospice.Sam took on the challenge in memory of his grandad, John Walker, who was cared for by the hospice.The trio, from Colchester, started the challenge on April 11, trekking over five days to acclimatise to the altitude, before reaching the summit at 4,167m on day six.They reached the summit after a nine-hour trek, which was made even more difficult with winds of up to 70mph.Martin said it was a “life-changing experience”.Sam added: “I’m really proud of my achievement and would like to do it again.“It got a bit tough when I got above the snow line and had to take my crampons off my shoes for a short while to get over a rocky section.“That was tough and a little scary.”Martin has submitted an application for Sam to be awarded a Guinness World Record as the youngest child in the UK to reach the summit. He is also only the fourth child aged under 11 to scale such heights.He decided he wanted to climb a mountain after his dad told him he would climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in October.Sam’s grandmother gave him one of his grandad’s watches before the trek and he took that with him up the mountain.He has raised almost £2,000 so far for the hospice.more

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